Offerings & Events
Communion, ceremony, and enlightenment are integral to the healing path.
We believe that being with and having others be with us is profoundly powerful.
In community, we are lean into and transform in ways that we cannot — or don’t want to — do alone.
In collaboration with our community of healers, practitioners, and guides Shelterwood Collective offers:
Gatherings & Experiences to cultivate connection, creativity, and vitality
Process & Therapy Groups to foster brave, support spaces for communal grow
Workshops & Trainings to raise awareness and deepen learning
Rituals & Retreats to protect sacred space to integrate mind, body, and spirit
We invite you to gather, commune, and grow with us.
Creative Healers Hub
IN PERSON | FOR PRACTITIONERS
A monthly, in-person gathering space for healers, creatives and activists who are actively pursuing the infusion of creativity and healing in their professional work. This is a free community offering from Return to the Table, a collaboration between Melissa Deeken & Soodeh Montazeri.
Consult Circle with Shelley Green
VIRTUAL | FOR MEMBERS
This bi-weekly virtual consult group offers a consistent, relational space for psychotherapists and mental health counselors to reflect on clinical work, integrate perspective, and reduce professional isolation. Facilitated by Shelley Green, this group emphasizes ethical practice, thoughtful case consultation, and collaborative learning within a supportive, non-evaluative container. Members are welcome to attend regularly or drop in as needed, creating an accessible commons for ongoing clinical support.
Cacao + Breathwork
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
Join Amy Kovner, MS, LMHC, CN for an offering that combines ceremonial cacao with a guided conscious connected breathwork journey. Experience emotional release, listen inward and reconnect with your inner wisdom.
Collective Wisdom: Artificial Intimacy — AI, Technology, and the Future of Relating
HYBRID | FOR PRACTITIONERS
As AI and technology increasingly shape how we relate, this spring’s Collective Wisdom dialogue invites healing practitioners into a grounded, interdisciplinary conversation about Artificial Intimacy: AI, Technology, & the Future of Relating/. Together, we’ll explore how these tools influence our nervous systems, relational patterns, and capacity for genuine human intimacy—without fear or idealization.
Spring Equinox Propagation Exchange
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
Join us in The Apothecary to celebrate the arrival of spring with a community houseplant cutting and propagation exchange.
Resource Share | Pathways Toward Licensure
FOR MEMBERS | VIRTUAL
Co-facilitated by Nicole Greenwald and Solomon Chan, this hour will be part interview, part Q+A, and part collegial conversation. Together, we’ll explore the licensure journey as both a practical process and a meaningful developmental arc.
The Grove: A Community Reading Circle
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
The Grove is curated by collective member, Jill Arndt. Jill is a mental health therapist in Fremont, Seattle. She specializes in working with relationships. She is excited to offer this circle to the community as a fellow journeyer in life! Books offer a space for us to connect and to process (or simply be) with others in the daunting questions we often face as humans who are constantly in relationship with ourselves and others.
Thresholds: Become an Approved Supervisor Training
HYBRID | FOR PRACTITIONERS
Join seasoned clinicians, supervisors, and educators Abby Wong-Heffter and Nicole Greenwald for a two-day, immersive experience that centers an embodied, communal approach to becoming a Washington approved supervisor. Our 15 credit hour training goes beyond the legal and practical components to provide a development framework and embodied practice of supervision, consultation, and mentorship.
Making Space
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
A monthly open studio offering a relaxed, drop-in space to gather, create, and connect over art, snacks, and drinks. Optional art-therapy–inspired prompts available. Supplies provided.
Good Grief
A healing space to share and process your grief. All types of loss are welcome. Drawing from the creative arts, drama therapy, ritual, and somatic practices, this 6-week, in person group container offers a unique alternative to healing that privileges authentic expression.
Art Walk | The Weight of Soft Things | Reed McCoy
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
Please join us in The Apothecary for The Weight of Soft Things, a solo exhibition by Reed McCoy.
Shelterwood Retreat
Shelterwood Retreat | April 3-5 , 2026 | Whidbey Institute
As healers, helpers, space tenders, and feelers — we hold so much. This retreat is an invitation to step away, receive, and restore. Join us for embodied ritual, somatic practices, and time together in nature. Held by seasoned facilitators and co-created in community.
Peer Play Therapy Consult Group with Chessie Snider
VIRTUAL | FOR PRACTITIONERS
This monthly Washington State Play Therapy Peer Consult Group is facilitated by Chessie Snider. If you're a Child-Centered Play Therapist, Synergetic Play Therapist, TF-CBT Therapist, EMDR therapist, or Child-Parent Relationship Therapist or other modality, this is for you.
Rooted Reflections Tarot
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
A monthly tarot offering with intuitive guide Nicole Busacca. These one-on-one sessions are an invitation to slow down, tune in, and connect with your inner knowing through the supportive lens of the tarot.
Supervision Circle with Andrew Fontana
IN PERSON | FOR MEMBERS
Supervision is not only a requirement for licensure, it’s a vital relational practice — one that shapes how clinicians learn to think, feel, and work in the presence of others. Our Supervision Circles are intentional, intimate, and accessible spaces for associate-level therapists seeking high-quality supervision within a communal learning environment. This circle, supervised by Andrew Fontana, is designed to support clinical development, ethical discernment, and professional identity formation through collaborative, intergenerational mentorship.
Cultural Awareness & Competency | Moving from Cultural Appropriation Towards Cultural Attunement Using Integrative Mindfulness
VIRTUAL | FOR PRACTITIONERS
Join Gitika "Dr G" Talwar PhD in an online course to learn about radical mindfulness which reflects how mindfulness and advocacy can co-exist to advance the healing and liberatory goals of individuals and communities.
Skillshare: Exploring Child-Centered Play Therapy
VIRTUAL | FOR MEMBERS
This brief introduction to Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) explores play as the language of healing to support co-regulation and resilience through a relationship-based approach.
Supervision Circle: Solomon Chan
HYBRID | FOR MEMBERS
Supervision is not only a requirement for licensure, it’s a vital relational practice — one that shapes how clinicians learn to think, feel, and work in the presence of others. Our Supervision Circles are intentional, intimate, and accessible spaces for associate-level therapists seeking high-quality supervision within a communal learning environment. This circle, supervised by Solomon Chan, is designed to support clinical development, ethical discernment, professional identity formation, and address balance/integration of life as therapists who are on and off the clock through collaborative, cross cultural, and intergenerational mentorship.
Meeting Yourself Where You Are | An Introduction to Working with Flower Essences
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
Join flower essence practitioner and herbalist Phelicia Magnusson of Queen & Crow Healing Arts for Meeting Yourself Where You Are: An Introduction to Working with Flower Essences
Flower essences are gentle, energetic medicines that meet us where we are. In this experiential class, we’ll explore what flower essences are, how they’re made, and how they can support emotional healing and self-awareness. Participants will have the opportunity to work directly with essences and practice noticing sensation, emotion, and awareness in the body.
Resource Share: Soul Work Meets Scale
FOR MEMBERS | VIRTUAL
A practical, heart-centered workshop for therapists and healers who want to deepen their intuitive abilities while building sustainable, ethical practices. Learn how to align spiritual gifts with clear offerings, consistent outreach, and financially healthy structures, without sacrificing integrity or care.
The Clinic | Inviting the Body into the Session: Active Somatic Tools for Everyday Clinical Practice
HYBRID | FOR PRACTITIONERS
An experiential workshop offering accessible, consent-based tools for bringing the body more fully into sessions — through movement, imagery, and sensation. Facilitated by Kyra Haglund, we'll track nervous system states, explore somatic practices for difficult emotions, and bring it together in a demo session.
Skillshare: Shame as Attachment Figure
VIRTUAL | FOR MEMBERS
How might we understand and work with shame in a more explicit and life-giving way by viewing chronic shame as a primary attachment figure. This month’s lunch-and-learn workshop, facilitated by Andrew Fontana, will look at shame through the lens of Attachment theory.
The Clinic: Offering Experiments in Expressive Arts in Therapy
HYBRID | FOR PRACTITIONERS
Explore ways to integrate Expressive arts therapy into your practice with Pamela Krueger. You will have the opportunity to experience several creative process examples, along with the related clinical foundations and principles to support them, to gain initial competence in thinking about this therapeutic approach.
Somatic Cacao Circle
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
Join Amy Kovner, MS, LMHC, CN in a space of deep nourishment, connection, and self-expression. Through the heart-opening medicine of cacao, guided meditation, sound healing, movement, and community, these somatic circles offer a rare opportunity to reconnect—with yourself, with others, and with the wisdom of your body.
Art Walk | The Weight of Soft Things | Reed McCoy
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
Please join us in The Apothecary for the The Weight of Soft Things, a solo exhibition by Reed McCoy.
Consult Circle with Shelley Green
VIRTUAL | FOR MEMBERS
This bi-weekly virtual consult group offers a consistent, relational space for psychotherapists and mental health counselors to reflect on clinical work, integrate perspective, and reduce professional isolation. Facilitated by Shelley Green, this group emphasizes ethical practice, thoughtful case consultation, and collaborative learning within a supportive, non-evaluative container. Members are welcome to attend regularly or drop in as needed, creating an accessible commons for ongoing clinical support.
Leaving home to come home: Immigration and Mental Health
VIRTUAL | FOR PRACTITIONERS
Join Gitika "Dr G" Talwar PhD in an online course on immigration and mental health, providing insight and tools for cultural awareness.
Virtual Cacao Circle
VIRTUAL | FOR EVERYONE
Join Amy Kovner, MS, LMHC, CN for a Virtual Cacao Circle. This is an invitation to slow down and reconnect with your heart from home. The gathering invites an intentional pause and includes gentle embodiment practices to support presence and connection.
Peer Play Therapy Consult Group with Chessie Snider
VIRTUAL | FOR PRACTITIONERS
This monthly Washington State Play Therapy Peer Consult Group is facilitated by Chessie Snider. If you're a Child-Centered Play Therapist, Synergetic Play Therapist, TF-CBT Therapist, EMDR therapist, or Child-Parent Relationship Therapist or other modality, this is for you.
Return to the Table
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
Return to the Table is a 10-week experiential and communal journey with grief, where weekly sessions help participants build a practice that transforms their relationship with grief using emotional processing and food-centered rituals.
The Grove: A Community Reading Circle
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
The Grove is curated by collective member, Jill Arndt. Jill is a mental health therapist in Fremont, Seattle. She specializes in working with relationships. She is excited to offer this circle to the community as a fellow journeyer in life! Books offer a space for us to connect and to process (or simply be) with others in the daunting questions we often face as humans who are constantly in relationship with ourselves and others.
Resource Share: Netweaving & Caseloads
FOR MEMBERS | VIRTUAL
Netweaving & Caseloads offers a relational, embodied approach to building your practice. Together we’ll reframe networking as netweaving — cultivating referral relationships rooted in reciprocity, trust, and sustainability. This Resource Share Workshop is especially supportive for practitioners in a season of beginning, transition, or re-orienting.
Making Space
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
A monthly open studio offering a relaxed, drop-in space to gather, create, and connect over art, snacks, and drinks. Optional art-therapy–inspired prompts available. Supplies provided.
From Survival Mode to Steady: Practical Tools to Regulate Your Nervous System
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
Feeling stuck in survival mode? This 1-hour workshop explores how your nervous system responds to stress and how that affects sleep, digestion, gut health, and hormones. Learn practical, sustainable tools to regulate stress and feel more grounded.
Collective Wisdom | Working with Immigrants: Community Care & Safety Planning
HYBRID | FOR PRACTITIONERS
This workshop is designed to support clinicians and helping professionals in building practical, grounded capacity to support immigrant clients during an increasingly volatile political moment. Facilitated by Smruti Desai and Natasha Moonka, participants will gain concrete tools for safety planning, harm reduction, and building community care, with an emphasis on staying regulated, informed, and relational in the face of heightened risk to immigrant communities.
Consult Circle with Shelley Green
VIRTUAL | FOR MEMBERS
This bi-weekly virtual consult group offers a consistent, relational space for psychotherapists and mental health counselors to reflect on clinical work, integrate perspective, and reduce professional isolation. Facilitated by Shelley Green, this group emphasizes ethical practice, thoughtful case consultation, and collaborative learning within a supportive, non-evaluative container. Members are welcome to attend regularly or drop in as needed, creating an accessible commons for ongoing clinical support.
Drawing from Dreams
VIRTUAL | FOR EVERYONE
Step into the mysterious realm of dreams through an art-based exploration of your inner world. Guided by art therapist Angela Amos, this workshop invites you to explore an art-based dream interpretation process through guided meditation, surprise images, and written self-reflection. BYOD (Bring Your Own Dreams)
Death Cafe
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
Death is something we all share, yet we rarely get the chance to talk about it openly. The Seattle Death Cafe is a cozy, welcoming space where we gather, with tea and treats, to speak freely about death, dying, and what it means to be human.
Creative Healers Hub
IN PERSON | FOR PRACTITIONERS
A monthly, in-person gathering space for healers, creatives and activists who are actively pursuing the infusion of creativity and healing in their professional work. This is a free community offering from Return to the Table, a collaboration between Melissa Deeken & Soodeh Montazeri.
Collage Party
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
Join us in community, conversation & creativity. Create a collage (or collages) that are inspired, but not limited to, the topic of community love. What does community love mean to you? What does a loving community look like? What type of community do you wish to see and create?
Rooted Reflections Tarot
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
A monthly tarot offering with intuitive guide Nicole Busacca. These one-on-one sessions are an invitation to slow down, tune in, and connect with your inner knowing through the supportive lens of the tarot.
Skillshare: Tending to Clients with Chronic Illness and Chronic Pain
VIRTUAL | FOR MEMBERS
Deepen your understanding of how to best join and support your clients experiencing chronic illness and pain while learning strategies to work with suffering and nurture client’s potential for self-advocacy.
The Clinic: Supervision Edition
HYBRID | FOR PRACTITIONERS
The Clinic: Supervision Edition is a live, supervision-centered clinic featuring a panel of experienced supervisors offering real-time case consultation. Rooted in a developmental frame, this clinic centers moments of uncertainty, transition, and complexity in clinical work. Participants are invited to observe, engage, and expand the supervisory field through dialogue and shared curiosity.
Art Walk | The Weight of Soft Things | Reed McCoy
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
Please join us in The Apothecary for the opening of The Weight of Soft Things, a solo exhibition by Reed McCoy.
Consult Circle with Shelley Green
VIRTUAL | FOR MEMBERS
This bi-weekly virtual consult group offers a consistent, relational space for psychotherapists and mental health counselors to reflect on clinical work, integrate perspective, and reduce professional isolation. Facilitated by Shelley Green, this group emphasizes ethical practice, thoughtful case consultation, and collaborative learning within a supportive, non-evaluative container. Members are welcome to attend regularly or drop in as needed, creating an accessible commons for ongoing clinical support.
Virtual Cacao Circle
VIRTUAL | FOR EVERYONE
Join Amy Kovner, MS, LMHC, CN for a Virtual Cacao Circle. This is an invitation to slow down and reconnect with your heart from home. The gathering invites an intentional pause and includes gentle embodiment practices to support presence and connection.
Peer Play Therapy Consult Group with Chessie Snider
VIRTUAL | FOR PRACTITIONERS
This monthly Washington State Play Therapy Peer Consult Group is facilitated by Chessie Snider. If you're a Child-Centered Play Therapist, Synergetic Play Therapist, TF-CBT Therapist, EMDR therapist, or Child-Parent Relationship Therapist or other modality, this is for you.
Return to the Table Preview Session
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
This is a free preview session for Return to the Table, a 10-week experiential and communal journey with grief, where weekly sessions help participants build a practice that transforms their relationship with grief using emotional processing and food-centered rituals.
Subverting Supremacy Culture in our Practice: Part 2
FOR PRACTITIONERS
Working with people means navigating power, race, and trauma. This workshop helps you notice supremacy culture in the room and resist it. Due to the way Christian nationalism works in the US - this workshop will engage Christian supremacy and its manifestations of racialized heteronormativity that affects all bodies- regardless of religious or non-religious status. Learn embodied, relational tools to strengthen your practice and reduce harm.
Improv for Stress
In person
This event is for anyone looking to learn about themselves and get out of their head. Build more confidence, form new connections, and cultivate collaboration in the context of playful, spontaneous interactions. It’s great for practicing flexibility and sitting with ambiguity in a safe setting.
Grief Club
VIRTUAL | FOR EVERYONE
Grief Club is a community-focused book club and writing circle centered around grief and loss. It is a gentle approach to grief exploration, tending, and support, geared at helping people feel less alone in their grief.